American College of Employee Benefits Counsel 13th Annual Employee Benefits Writing Contest:<\/p>\n
Thursday, June 1, 2017 – 8:00am<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel is is pleased to announce the Thirteenth Annual Employee Benefits Writing Prize.<\/p>\n SUBJECT: \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Any topic in the field of employee benefits law.<\/p>\n OPEN TO: \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Any J.D. and graduate (LL.M. or S.J.D.) law students enrolled at any time between August 15, 2016 and August 15, 2017.<\/p>\n SUBMIT BY: \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>June 1, 2017<\/p>\n UP TO TWO PRIZES:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0$1,500 each. Winners will be honored during the College\u2019s annual black tie dinner on October 14, 2017 in San Francisco, CA.\u00a0 They will receive a plaque and an employee benefits treatise published by Bloomberg BNA Books. The winning papers will also be distributed to the Fellows of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, experienced attorneys who have made significant contributions to the advancement of the employee benefits field in a wide range of practice settings including law and consulting firms, universities, labor unions, advocacy organizations and government agencies throughout the United States.\u00a0 The College will also use its best efforts to have one or more of the winning papers published in the Benefits Law Journal or another professional or scholarly publication, if deemed suitable by the College’s Writing Prize Committee and the editors of the publication.<\/p>\n